Car-fender.



No. 806,225. I I v PATENTED DEG. 5, 1905.l l W. G. WINANS.

v CAR FENDER.

'APPLICATION llILBD APB..5. 1905.

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Np. 806,225. ,y

- W. G.A WINANS.

CAR FENDER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.5.1905.

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v v BVM l www PATBNTBD DEC. 5, 1905.

WESLEY GEORGE WI'NANS, oE sPoKA-NE, WASHINGTON.

GAR-FENDER. l

To a-,ZZ whom it may con/cern.- Be ity known that I, WESLEY GEORGE WI- vj NANS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Spokane, inthe county of Spokane and State ofy Washington, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders,

`of whichjthe following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in car-fenders, being particularlyadapted for use in connection with electric or other powerdrivenstreet-cars.

Heretofore the fenders commonly used have mostly been either fastenedpermanently in v the front or rear of the car or else so made as .whennot in use they can beraised against the dashboard or platform of thecar, compelling the .motorman or some other person when the i carreaches the en'd of the line to vraise the fender at one end 'of ca rand lower the one at the otherv end', thus.. consuming considerable timeand labor. Then, again, with fenders in common use when two cars soequipped are 'approaching each other on a curve one of them is compelledto stop while the other passes ,iii order 'to prevent the fendersstriking each other,`as they project beyond the tracks on curves.Furthermore, with the fenders in common use they project so far over thetrack that in rounding curves it is extremely dangerous to persons orvehicles that may happen to be on the curve or corner of a street at thetime the car is making the curve.

The object of my invention is to obviate the above-mentioned objectionsand defects; and it consists `in certain novel features of construction,arrangement, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed,

and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a vertical section showing a por# tion of a car equippedwith my improvement. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of a portion of a car,showing my improved fender attached. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionshowing the fender drawn in under the platform of the car. Fig.

4 is a bottom plan View of a car and fender,l

showing the use of sprocket wheelsand chains to operate the fender. Fig.is a cross-section of one of the tubular guideways with one ofl the sidemembers of the fender-frame therein. f.

In the drawings, 1 represents the front or rear platform of apower-driven street-car.

2 represents tubes open at their front ends and slotted from their frontends inwardly a suitable distance, as shown at '3, supported in or byhangers 4, secured to the lower surface Spcification of Letters Patent.Application filed April 5, 1905. Serial No. 254,019.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

of the car-body. Said hangers are of increasing length from the rear tothe front,- whereby the slotted tubes 2 will beheld atan inclination,the forward end of each tube projecting downwardly.

5 represents the fender, consistingof front andside members and the net,as is usual in this type of fenders. The front and side members 5 and 5"5b of the fender-frameare usually constructed of pipingand are bracedaty vthe back by the transverse bar 6.

7 is a staff journaled through the motormans platform 1 and havingsecuredto it above Said platform theratchet-wheel 8. Apawl 9 is pivotedto the platform and engages the teeth of the ratchet-wheel to lock itand the staff againstturning. The upper end of the staff is providedwith a crank-handle,as is usual on cars of this type. To the lower endof staff 7, be-

low the platform 1, is secured the drum 10, having a grooved peripheryor rim 11, hub 12, and spokes 13..

14 is a cable'or chain fastened at its ends to the spokes of the drum orto the periphery of the drum and wound in the groove therein in oppositedirections and passing outwardly around pulleys 15, mounted on thelowerl face A of the platform near the side edgesthereof,

vand thence rearwardly around another horizontal pulley 16, mounted inbearings 17, secured to a block 18, which is secured to the bottom ofthe car-body above the wheel-truck.

19 is a rod lor bar pivotally secured atr its front end to thetransverse brace-bar 6 and at its rear end secured to one of the siderims of the cable or chain 14. Said rod or bar 19 is secured to thetransversebar 64 near the point where it is secured to one of the sidemembers of the fender-frame, and one only of said bars 19 is used and.at only one Side of the fender-frame.

If desired, the drum and horizontal pulleys.

may have sprocket-teeth, anda sprocket-chain may be used instead of acable or chain, as is shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Whilethe car. is running the fender-frame is ldrawn under thecar-platform by the motorman turning the staif 7, and through the mediumof the cable or `chain wound on the drum in opposite directions and thellink or rod connecting the fender with the said cable or chain,causing'the side members of the saidfender-frame to slide rearwardly inthe slotted tubes secured to the body of the car. If

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now the motorman wishes to use the fender,

he pushes the pawl out of engagement with Iov the teeth oftheratchet-wheel secured to the staff 7 and by means of the crank-handleat the upper end of the staff turns said staff, causing the end of thecable to run from the side of the car on which the link or rod 19 issecured to the fender-frame and cable to wind on the drum and the otherend of the cable to unwind from the same. This will cause thefender-frame to slide forward by the side members of the same sliding inthe slotted tubes 2 outwardly and downwardly by reason of the fact thatthe said slotted tubes are Vinclined downwardly to the front at anangle.

As the slotted tubes carrying the side members of the fender-frame areinclined downwardly to the front, the front end of the fenrder may bebrought very close to the ground,

so that nothing can get under the fender, but will be caught. by thefender and dropped back upon the same. The motorman can lock .the fenderat any point in its forward or backward travel or can withdraw itentirely under the platform out of the way, as will be particularlydesirable where two cars are approaching each other on a curved trackand will allow them to pass each other without the fenders striking eachother or any part of the car-truck.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an extremely simple andefficient car-fender, one which can be instantly manipulated by themotorman and one in which the necessity for swinging out of the way atthe end of the line is done away with.

The fender, it will be noticed, can be drawn entirely under Atheplatform of the car and housed so as to protect it from the elements.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car-fender a horizontally-inclined frame supported in guidewaysfrom the carplatform, a horizontal drum mounted on the under side of theplatform, a cable or chain secured at its ends to the periphery of saiddrum and wound thereon in opposite directions, horiz'ontally-mountedguide-pulleys secured to the car-platform, a link connecting the frameat one side with one of the side runs of the cable or chain, and meansfor rotating said drum.

2. In a car-fender, a horizontally-inclined frame slidably supported inguideways, beneath the car, a horizontal drum mounted beneath the car, acable or chain secured at each end to the periphery of said drum andwound thereon in opposite directions, horizontal pulleys mounted beneaththe car at each side of the horizontal drum and around which the sideruns of the cable or chain pass, a horizontal pulley mounted beneath thecar directly in the rear of the drum and around which the cable or chainpasses, a link pivotally connected at one end to one side of thefender-frame and at the other end to one Side run of the cable or chain,and means for rotating the drum, to cause a forward or rearward slidingmovement of the fender-frame in its guideways. K

3. In a car-fender a horizontal frame` slidably supported in guidewaysbeneath the car, a horizontal drum mounted beneath the carplatform, abelt secured at each end to the periphery of said drum and wound thereonin opposite directions, guide-pulleys mounted beneath the car-platformat each side of tho drum and around which the side runs of the beltpass, a guide-pulley mounted beneath the car directly in the rear of thedrum, a link pivotally connected at its front end tothe fender-frame andat its rear end to one of the side runs of the belt, and means forrotating the drum and locking the fender at any point in its forward orbackward travel. y

IVESLEY GEORGE VVINANS.

Witnesses:

A. LAUBER., H. H. WELLS.

